Saara
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Saara
- Sarah (biblical character).
- a female given name of biblical origin
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Saara
- Sarah (biblical character).
- 1776, The Holy Bible, Genesis 17:15:
- Ja Jumala sanoi Abrahamille: Saraita sinun emäntääs ei pidä sinun enää kutsuman Sarai; vaan Saara pitää oleman hänen nimensä.
- And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- a female given name
- 1977, Hannu Aho, Saara, WSOY, →ISBN, page 7:
- Me sanoimme häntä Saaraksi, ja vasta paljon myöhemmin jossain vaiheessa kävi ilmi että se todella oli hänen nimensä. Pate se oli joka nimen keksi, Saara mustien hiusten takia: Musta Saara.
- We call her Saara, only to much later realize that it in fact was her real name. Pate was the one who came up with that name, Saara, due to her black hair: "black Saara".
- 1982, Eeva Joenpelto, Elämän rouva, rouva Glad, WSOY, →ISBN, page 261:
- ―Onko se Saara vai Sara? ―Se Saara oli jotenkin niin―Tai minä vain rupesin kirjoittamaan Sara.
- ―Is it Saara or Sara? ―Saara was somehow so―or I just started writing Sara.
- 2010, Peter Franzén, Tumman veden päällä, Tammi, →ISBN, page 245:
- Saara on nätti nimi ja niin on Saarakin, ajattelen, enkä muista koko päivästä mitään muuta.
- Saara is a nice name and so is Saara, I think and cannot remember anything else from that day.
Declension edit
Inflection of Saara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Saara | Saarat | ||
genitive | Saaran | Saarojen | ||
partitive | Saaraa | Saaroja | ||
illative | Saaraan | Saaroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Saara | Saarat | ||
accusative | nom. | Saara | Saarat | |
gen. | Saaran | |||
genitive | Saaran | Saarojen Saarainrare | ||
partitive | Saaraa | Saaroja | ||
inessive | Saarassa | Saaroissa | ||
elative | Saarasta | Saaroista | ||
illative | Saaraan | Saaroihin | ||
adessive | Saaralla | Saaroilla | ||
ablative | Saaralta | Saaroilta | ||
allative | Saaralle | Saaroille | ||
essive | Saarana | Saaroina | ||
translative | Saaraksi | Saaroiksi | ||
abessive | Saaratta | Saaroitta | ||
instructive | — | Saaroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Saara is the 66th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 10,494 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,085 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Greenlandic edit
Alternative forms edit
- (old orthography) Sâra
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Saara
- a female given name from Danish
Related terms edit
References edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Italianized spelling of Sahara.
Proper noun edit
Saara m
- Alternative spelling of Sahara
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Saara f (related adjective saarski)
Declension edit
Declension of Saara
See also edit
Area states: Badenia-Wirtembergia · Bawaria · Brandenburgia · Hesja · Dolna Saksonia · Meklemburgia-Pomorze Przednie · Nadrenia Północna-Westfalia · Nadrenia-Palatynat · Saara · Saksonia · Saksonia-Anhalt · Szlezwik-Holsztyn · Turyngia |
City states: Berlin · Brema · Hamburg |
Further reading edit
- Saara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Sa‧a‧ra
Proper noun edit
Saara m
- Sahara (desert in Africa)